Plan your visit
✦Heritage🦋Insects🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.86426, -3.62590
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐝20+ species of insects recorded here — summer is peak season; Gatekeeper and Small White are among those observed
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 110m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐝20+ species of insects recorded here — summer is peak season; Gatekeeper and Small White are among those observed
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 110m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Meadow Brown +17 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Greater Stitchwort, Prickly Sow-thistle, Meadowsweet +115 more · last seen 2018
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Barn Owl, Skylark, Treecreeper +5 more · last seen 2018
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Mary Michael Pilgrims WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MMPWRegional walking route
Photos
Poughill : St Michael's Church
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,020 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,020 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Skylark · Treecreeper · Swift · Blackcap +3
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2016
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2016
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2016
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2016
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2016
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2016
Badger · Hedgehog · Otter
- BadgerMeles meles2019
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra
Gatekeeper · Small White · Meadow Brown · Large White · Comma +15
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- PeacockAglais io
Greater Stitchwort · Prickly Sow-thistle · Meadowsweet · Scentless Mayweed · Red Campion +113
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,020 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Skylark · Treecreeper · Swift · Blackcap +3
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2016
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2016
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2016
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2016
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2016
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2016
Badger · Hedgehog · Otter
- BadgerMeles meles2019
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra
Gatekeeper · Small White · Meadow Brown · Large White · Comma +15
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- PeacockAglais io
Greater Stitchwort · Prickly Sow-thistle · Meadowsweet · Scentless Mayweed · Red Campion +113
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticolaGarden ChaferPhyllopertha horticolaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2021Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2021Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2020Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2020Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019VapourerOrgyia antiqua2019VapourerOrgyia antiqua2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2018Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2018KnotgrassPolygonum aviculareKnotgrassPolygonum aviculareField MadderSherardia arvensisField MadderSherardia arvensisHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaDryopteris borreriDryopteris borreriDryopteris borreriDryopteris borreriBranched Bur-reedSparganium erectumBranched Bur-reedSparganium erectumCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon BentAgrostis capillarisCommon BentAgrostis capillarisRed FescueFestuca rubraRed FescueFestuca rubraWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaRemote SedgeCarex remotaRemote SedgeCarex remotaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraSmaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertoloniiSmaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertoloniiSmooth TareErvum tetraspermumSmooth TareErvum tetraspermumHedera helixHedera helixHedera helixHedera helixYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisMale-fernDryopteris filix-masMale-fernDryopteris filix-masRedshankPersicaria maculosaRedshankPersicaria maculosaBrackenPteridium aquilinumBrackenPteridium aquilinumBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraWater-pepperPersicaria hydropiperWater-pepperPersicaria hydropiperLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLesser BurdockArctium minusLesser BurdockArctium minusMany-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polyspermaMany-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polyspermaBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaRough ChervilChaerophyllum temulumRough ChervilChaerophyllum temulumYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusRusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifoliaRusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifoliaSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensField-roseRosa arvensisField-roseRosa arvensisSlender Parsley-piertAphanes australisSlender Parsley-piertAphanes australisDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususBitter-vetchLathyrus linifoliusBitter-vetchLathyrus linifoliusField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseWood SageTeucrium scorodoniaWood SageTeucrium scorodoniaHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataWild CherryPrunus aviumWild CherryPrunus aviumDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareFat-henChenopodium albumFat-henChenopodium albumHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaPolypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgareEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaCommon ValerianValeriana officinalisCommon ValerianValeriana officinalisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisNavelwortUmbilicus rupestrisNavelwortUmbilicus rupestrisCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorSouthern Wood-rushLuzula forsteriSouthern Wood-rushLuzula forsteriMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaHairy-bromeBromopsis ramosaHairy-bromeBromopsis ramosaShort-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurumShort-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurumFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseEqual-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrumEqual-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrumWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraSlender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrumSlender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrumNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisMarsh RagwortJacobaea aquaticaMarsh RagwortJacobaea aquaticaPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneBlack BryonyTamus communisBlack BryonyTamus communisBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaField WoundwortStachys arvensisField WoundwortStachys arvensisCommon FigwortScrophularia nodosaCommon FigwortScrophularia nodosaSpindleEuonymus europaeusSpindleEuonymus europaeusLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaHouse-leekSempervivum tectorumHouse-leekSempervivum tectorumSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisBugleAjuga reptansBugleAjuga reptansSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2015Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2015Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2015Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2015Events & activities nearby
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